In March, the Great Lakes were nearly 92 percent iced over. (Courtesy NOAA)
By Steve Rogers, OutdoorChannel.com
As warmer temperatures announce the arrival of spring, some of the most significant ice coverage on the Great Lakes in decades is finally beginning to diminish.
And while officials warn of the dangerous conditions a rapid melt can present anglers and boating enthusiasts throughout the Great Lakes Region, the potential remains for flooding farther south as well.
In early March, the overall Great Lakes ice coverage reached 92 percent, the most extensive freeze since the nearly 95 percent coverage seen in 1979, according to George Leshkevich, a physical scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann...